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The argument behind the IORP Directive is based on "flawed logic", NAPF chairman Mark Hyde Harrison says.

The Associated British Foods Pension Scheme will offer flexible target date funds as its default following a review in preparation for auto-enrolment.

The government risks damaging the UK economy by refusing to give businesses more flexibility on how they calculate scheme deficits, warns the National Association of Pension Funds.

The Pensions Regulator should be given a legal duty to take employers' interests into account when assessing funding and early access should be used to encourage saving, according to a city law firm.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has launched an impact assessment on European Commission plans to overhaul the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision directive.

The Royal Opera House has confirmed it is consulting with scheme members on closing its final salary scheme next year.

Schemes should turn to inflation-linked assets such as long-lease property and mature infrastructure to cope with an insufficient supply of index-linked gilts, say consultants.

Professional Pensions has launched its inaugural Investment Performance Study - and we are looking for your views.

The UK's main inflation rate has fallen to 2.2% in September from 2.5% in August, dropping to its lowest level for three years.

Threadneedle has appointed John Peta as senior fund manager leading the firm's emerging market debt team as well as three other hires within its global fixed income team.